Placed honey super boxes on the bee hives today.
These boxes is where worker bees will store nectar and turn it into honey.
Category: Beekeeping
Bee Hive Inspection – March 16th, 2026
Yesterday’s bee hive inspection.
Checking in on the bees after a few weeks.
They are busting at the seams.
Bee Hive Inspection – January 14th, 2026
Yesterday’s bee hive inspection on a warm day.
The Blue Hive is doing great after the combine in December.
Checking in on hive combine
Checked in on the Blue Hive that I combined before Christmas and saw fresh larva today.
This is a great sign to see the new queen accepted.
Combining two bee colonies
The Blue Hive is queenless so I combined with with a queenright nuc to merge the colonies together for survival.
Bee Hive Inspection – December 8th, 2025
A short inspection of the hives on a warm day in December.
Bee Hive Inspection – November 7th, 2025
A brief hive inspection after not being able to for several months.
Harvesting & Bottling Honey – August 2025
Harvesting honey from my backyard bee hives.
Hive Deadout & Wax Moth Damage
While I was out of commission dealing with my back, one of the bee colonies decided to swarm and then fully abscond, leaving a deadout hive.
Queen Bee Replacement
Replacing two queens in the apiary.
One colony has a feral queen and the other has an older queen that hasn’t been laying. Replacing both with new mated Italian queens from Olivarez.